Nieman Fellows from the class of 1977 remember their friend Cassandra Tate, an accomplished journalist, historian and author who died on June 10, 2021. Paul Solman, business and economics correspondent for “PBS NewsHour” Since she was a superlative … Read more
Cassandra Tate, a 1977 Nieman Fellow, died on June 10, 2021, at her home in Seattle, Washington, after a lengthy battle with fallopian tube cancer. A journalist, historian and author, Tate was born in Twin Falls, Idaho, grew up … Read more
Kenneth Freed, a 1978 Nieman Fellow who worked as an editor and reporter for The Associated Press, the Los Angeles Times and the Omaha World-Herald, died on June 7, 2021. Freed attended the University of Nebraska, where received his undergraduate … Read more
Reporting to the Deputy Curator, the Digital and Audience Engagement Editor is responsible for enhancing and maintaining the Nieman Foundation’s profile online, ensuring that its fellowship opportunities, journalism, events, and other initiatives achieve greater impact on campus, nationally, and internationally. Read more
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — The Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard University, a center internationally recognized for its fellowships, publications and programs, has selected 22 Nieman Fellows from across the globe for a year of on-campus study. The journalists will focus … Read more
Over the past year, Nieman Reports has been covering the urgent challenges and opportunities of the coronavirus pandemic, the movement for racial justice, and the volatile media environment present in newsrooms. We are now looking for our … Read more
Cambridge, Mass. – “Targeted,” an in-depth investigation by the Tampa Bay Times into a police program that for years monitored, intimidated and harassed families in Pasco County Florida, is winner of the 2020 Taylor Family Award for Fairness in … Read more
Cambridge, Mass. – “Fruits of Labor,” an exhaustive two-year investigation into widespread abuses in the palm oil industry by Associated Press reporters Margie Mason and Robin McDowell, is the winner of the 2020 Worth Bingham Prize for Investigative Journalism. Read more
Columbia Journalism School and the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard are pleased to announce the four winners and the two finalists of the 2021 J. Anthony Lukas Prize Project Awards. The Lukas Prizes, established in 1998 and consisting of … Read more
Cambridge, Mass. – The Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard has chosen several journalists as new members of the committee that selects its annual I.F. Stone Medal for Journalistic Independence. The award honors the life of investigative … Read more
